Cabinet-curtain guide.



PATENTED' FEB. 24, 1903.-

P. M. 'WEGE. CABINET CURTAIN GUIDE. I APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 12, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER M. WEGE, OF NILES, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENERAL FIRE- PROOFINGCOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CABINET-CURTAIN GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 721,403, datedFebruary 24-, 1903. Application filed June 12,1902. SerialNo. 111,296.(No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, PETER M.WEGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Niles, Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cabinet-Curtain Guides, of which the following is aspecification accompanied by drawings.

My invention relates to sheet-metal paneled members for roll-curtaincabinets and the-like; and the objects of my invention are to improveupon such structures and to increase the strength of the parts withsimplicity of construction. a

Further objects of my invention are to reduce the number of parts byutilizing the frame of the paneled member as the guide member for theroll-curtain and to obtain greater space between the sides of thecabinet by the construction 'of the paneled memher in such manner thatthe guides or guideways for the curtain do not encroach upon shelf-spaceand interfere with the placing of articles on the shelves.

The guide members of my improved construction are not limited in theiruse to rollcurtain cabinets, but may be used in any connection in whichthey may be found suitable and convenient.

Further objects of myinvention will here inafter appear; and to theseends my invention consists in the means for carrying out the aboveobjects having the general mode of construction as hereinafter fullydescribed and shown in the accompanyin g specification and drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a perspective View of a rollcurtain cabinet embodyingmy invention and illustrating one of its uses. Fig. 2 is an enlargedperspective detail view, partly in section, illustrating theconstruction of the parts and guide member and showing a portion of thecurtain in the guidewa'y; and Fig. 3 is another detail perspective viewof the parts shown in Fig. 2 Withoutthe curtain.

My paneled member comprises a panel A and aframe B, suitably securedthereto and projecting in advance of the edges thereof, the frameforming the guide forthe curtain. According to my construction the frameBis provided with shoulders 0 adjacent to the panel, or, in other words,the frame is offset from the panel in such manner as to provideincreased width between the guide members, as in a cabinet, forinstance. The frame is provided with suitable guides, as hereinafter tobe described.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, in Fig. 1 upon a suitablebase 'D are secured the requisite parts of a roll-curtain cabinet, inthis instance presumed to 'be of sheet metal and in which the curtain Eis arranged to move up and down at the front of the cabinet guided bysuitable guides.

My sheet-metal paneled member,composed,

essentially, of the panel A andframe B, is particularly suitable forforming thesides of a-cabinet or of any structure similar to that to thetip of the shoulder O, and this increased a width at each side should beenough to allow suitable guides for the curtain to be utilized on theframe without projecting beyond the plane of the panel A. As shown, theguides are arranged on the frame, the main portions of said guides beingoutside the plane of the panel. According to the construction show-naportion G of the edge of the frame is bent transversely to the plane ofthe framefa nd then the outer edge H of said portion G is bent inwardly,as shown." An angle-piece J is suitably secured, as by rivets K, to theframe and arranged substantially parallel to the bent portions G and H,thereby forming a guide for the curtain E. If desired, anotherangle-piece I. may be secured to'th'e framebeneath the inwardly-bent edgeH; the securingflange P of said angle-piece preferably forming the backor bottom of the guide, as shown. According to this construction theportions G,H, and J, forming the guide, should not project beyond orsubstantially beyond the plane of the panel A, which would interferewith the shelf-space and cause annoyance.

Preferably the moldings Q are suitably se cured at the joints betweenthe panel and frame, as shown, the moldings Q being secured, as byrivets, to the shoulders of the frame, while the ends R of the moldingsextend beyond the riveted portions of the frame, which are secured tothe panel, thus hiding the joints and increasing the pleasing effect ofthe structure. It will thus be seen that according to my invention thatportion of the frame provided with the guides forms a guide member asdistinguished from the whole structure.

Obviously some portions of my invention may be used Without otherportions, and the whole may be embodied in widely-varying forms.Therefore for these reasons and without enumerating equivalents orlimiting myself to the construction of parts herein shown and described.

I claim,and desire to'obtain by Letters Patcut, the following:

1. The combination with the side panel of a cabinet, of a frame securedthereto, said frame projecting in advance of the edges of the panel andbeing offset outwardly from the panel, and guides for the curtainarranged upon the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the side panel of a cabinet, of a frame securedthereto, said frame projecting in advance of the edges of the panel andbeing offset outwardly from the panel, and guides for the curtainarranged on the frame, the main portion of said guides being outside theplane of the surface of the panel, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the side panel of a cabinet, of a frame securedthereto, said frame projecting in advance of the edges of the panelandbeing offset outwardly from the panel, and guides for the curtainarranged upon the frame without the plane of the-inner surface of thepanel, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the side of a cabinet, of a guide member for aroll-curtain secured to said side and offset outwardly therefrom andconsisting of a sheet of metal having a portion of one edge benttransversely to the plane of the sheet, and an angle-piece secured tothe metal sheet and extending substantially parallel to the bent portionthereof, thereby forming a guide, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

5. A guide member for a roll-curtain, consisting of a sheet of metalhaving a portion of one edge bent transversely to the plane of thesheet, the outer edge of said portion being bent inwardly, anangle-piece secured to the sheet beneath said inwardly-bent outer edgeof the bent portion, and another angle-piece secured to the sheet andextending substantially parallel to the first angle-picce therebyforming a guideway, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a roll-curtain cabinet or the like, the combination with thecurtain, of guides therefor, each consisting of metal sheets secured tothe structure and offset outwardly therefrom, and having portions of oneedge bent at substantially right angles to the plane of the sheet, andangle-pieces secured to said sheets and extending substantially parallelto the bent portions thereof, thereby forming the guides for thecurtain.

Signed this 22d day of May, 1902, at Niles, Ohio.

PETER M. WEGE.

